Speaker Bio

Kaan Terzioglu is the Group Chief Executive Officer of VEON Group that serves more than 200 million customers in 7 dynamics markets in Eastern Europe, and South and Central Asia that are home to more than 8% of world’s population. As the Group CEO, Terzioglu leads the executive teams of VEON’s digital operators that provide connectivity and digital solutions, empowering their customers with digital finance, education, entertainment and health services, among others, and supporting the economic growth of VEON markets.
Prior to joining VEON, Mr. Terzioglu held regional and global leadership roles in management consulting, technology and telecoms with Arthur Andersen, CISCO and Turkcell.
Kaan Terzioglu is currently a Board Member of the GSMA and of the GSMA Foundation, and also serves on the board of Digicel. In 2019, Mr. Terzioglu received GSMA’s “Outstanding Contribution to the Industry” award for his leadership in creating a digital transformation model for the telecoms industry and for his contributions to socially responsible business in telecoms.